Aging Brain Subject of Wyoming PBS Documentary

April 20, 2011 — Steps people can take to preserve the health of their brain
as they age will be the focus of a television documentary at 7 p.m. Thursday,
May 12, on Wyoming Public Television.

University of Wyoming and statewide experts will share
positive messages about the aging brain in the 30-minute documentary, "Gray
Matters: Exploring the Mature Mind," produced by the Wyoming Geriatric
Education Center (WyGEC) in the UW College of Health Sciences.

UW personnel featured in the documentary include Deb
Fleming, clinical professor and WyGEC director; Christine McKibbin, assistant
professor in the UW Department of Psychology; Dr. Kristina Stefka, a faculty
physician at the UW Family Practice in Cheyenne; and social work graduate
student Pat Engler-Parish.

WyGEC produced the documentary
with financial support from the UW Division of Social Work, Richard Chatham,
the Wyoming Department of Health Office of Multicultural Health and Cheyenne
Regional Medical Center. The documentary was made with in-kind support from
AARP Wyoming and the St. John's Institute for Cognitive Health in Jackson.

Wyoming PBS can be seen in
communities throughout Wyoming. A complete list of channels can be found at www.wyoptv.org/channels.